pretty sure there's a typo with the game time. That looks like this one supposed to start in the dark, but that's impossible.

Just keep getting better at making teams pay for the way they are selling out to try and manage the Mutant out at WR.

As you get better at that, Throw Him The Goddamned Ball.

The only danger I can see here (outside of BMW stuff) is Day trying too hard to be balanced and falling into his rock fight sins of the past. It is what is, it's his thing. Everyone has one.

It all comes back to him balancing the gas/brakes between nice guy/conservative Ryan Day and ruthless/fuck it Ryan Day.

My advice is to err on the side of ruthless aggression but he's earned the trust at this point.

Buckeye doc said:

I read Ohio State had just 6! possessions the whole game. That's crazy.

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scored on 4 of them and should have scored on the first one as well.

Zurp said:

So... I watched most of the game. Not all.
Was there a bad coaching blunder on Franklin's part?

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He didn't have any significant game management faux paus that I saw.

It's his body of work.

Bushrod Johnson said:

I thought it was well called game and poop happens. Day knows what he's doing and understands risks. I never thought they'd lose this game.

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Don't underestimate Bye.

I still think we likely lose out. Zero hope for this bunch. None.

gmen6981 said:

Hell, they were lucky to sneak past BYE. Aaaand they have to play them again. Do you know how hard it is to beat the same team twice in one season?

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I thought it was well called game and poop happens. Day knows what he's doing and understands risks. I never thought they'd lose this game.

Quick thoughts on the offense.

- It did my (elder) millenial heart well to see tOSU back under center.
- I would LOVE to see more passing structures and misdirection runs from UC. Your strongest play action game is also there as well.
- There is a deliberate and slow(er) pace to this offense. I'm just not entirely sure as to the 'why?' yet. I hate the new era 'anxiety' offense and go-go-go. But some more of increased tempo at times would help to improve some things.
- If this is now and outside zone favored offensive line, need to see some conviction to it that would setup the natural bootlegs, misdirection and vertical passing off of it.

We are being rewarded for his patience in waiting his turn.

Congratulations to him for one helluva game.

My head is telling me “you know how this is going to go. Don’t even bother getting hopeful”. But my stupid heart says there is always a chance. Optimism springs eternal in the heart of an American idiot.

Honor&Glory said:

I’m already pissed because Jenny Dell won’t be there.

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She was a smokeshow years back when she did Sox games on NESN. Sorry I don't have pics, no rubies please.

Buckeye doc said:

I read Ohio State had just 6! possessions the whole game. That's crazy.

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Ended up winning TOP by 4 minutes after losing it badly in the first half.

Zurp said:

So... I watched most of the game. Not all.
Was there a bad coaching blunder on Franklin's part?

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No, just a general lack of ability to win a big game. Full disclosure, I fell asleep midway through Q4 and caught highlights this morning.

Zurp said:

I don't know Indiana's schedule, but beating Illinois as badly they did, I wouldn't be surprised to see them in the playoff again.
I didn't see enough of their win over Iowa, so that may change my mind.

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They play Oregon and Ped State. If they lose their 2 games depending on how the rest of the country shakes out they could sneak in with 2 losses

Thump said:

Have your stuff, tube sock ready.

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I got to 1.5 minutes in and I'm curious when they got an "elite senior QB"?

cincibuck said:

Give Franklin credit for this: He didn't throw Aller or his team under the bus. He took the blame for the loss.

I think Ohio State will give him a second chance to be so magnanimous.

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Hopefully Ped State used up all their voodoo magic of somehow making a game against a high end opponent closer than it shoulda been in this one

Has a team ever gone from unranked to ranked after a loss? U dub is easily a top 25 team, maybe a bit better than that even

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Wishing him a healthy and productive senior year.

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Here are excerpts from Fisch's opening coments:

It was 7-3 at halftime ... We had one possession in the third quarter, one seven-play drive that ended in a field goal ... It felt like a very fast game, didn't feel like a lot of possessions....

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There were a lot of valid reasons for Ohio State to play a low-scoring, grind-it-out game against Washington (see specifically the posts by @buchtelgrad04 ). A further reason was for the Buckeyes to impose their will on the Huskies. Washington wanted a fast-paced game with many scoring opportunities, not a "very fast game" with few possessions. Washington's only real hope was to win a shoot out, and having "one seven-play drive that ended in a field goal" in the third quarter was definitely not in their recipe for success. For the entire second half, Washington ran only 23 plays for 89 yards (3.9 average) and scored just three points. The Buckeyes ran 38 plays for 209 yards (5.5 average, but with a long of just 19 yards, meaning consistent gains with no big plays) and scored 17 points while bleeding the life out of their opponent. Tresselball triumphs again!

osugrad21 said:

You should lose points Fredo.

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This is fair

Well, here we are.

Game 162.

Thump said:

Vintage Geritol!

‘94?

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You want vintage Geritol and modern Depends in your collection as we get older.